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How Catfish Effects Drive Stock Market Reform
Competitive financial analysts from abroad force their domestic counterparts to up their game

Hedge Funds Find a Sweet Spot in Distressed Firms
By sitting on creditor committees of companies under bankruptcy protection, investors tap into valuable intel
Tracking the Rise of Zombie Companies
The last 30 years have been good for the corporate walking dead. But for how much longer?
Smog Gives Traders and Regulators Foggy Heads
How transitory air pollution lets unfit IPOs sneak through the cracks
Who Wins the GameStop Stock Game?
Lessons from a wild ride on Wall Street. And what’s next
Do Stock Markets Have the COVID-19 Antibody?
The markets may seem divorced from economic reality but that doesn’t mean we’re headed for a crash
How a Climate Shock Can Befuddle Investors
For stock traders, the threat of unprecedented weather events makes playing the odds almost impossible
Shareholder Activism: Together Is Better
Activist “wolf packs” target bigger firms and generate juicy returns
Hashtag Stock Market Boost
Twitter is a powerful investor relations tool for public firms, and levels the playing field for the small fry
A Special Sino Story
Three ways China’s economy is unlike any other
Global Check-in: State of Financial Markets
From Hong Kong, London, and New York, a blue-chip panel discusses the key issues shaping global markets in the months ahead
Shedding Debt: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
In a strong economy, the liability of added leverage is a mere footnote. In perilous times, it becomes the main storyline